Metadynamic recrystallization behavior of AZ61 magnesium alloy

Metadynamic recrystallization (MDRX) behavior of AZ61 magnesium alloy and its effects on flow behavior and microstructure evolution have been investigated in this study. Towards this end, a set of double-hit hot compression tests was conducted under strain rate of 0.1 s⁻¹ at 400 °C. To differentiate the static and metadynamic recrystallization dominant strain regions, the first stage of deformation was carried out up to the different pre-strains with a constant inter-pass annealing time of 200 s. The results indicated that the MDRX is predominant recrystallization mechanism where the pre-strains are higher than 0.35. Furthermore, to investigate the influence of MDRX on subsequent flow behavior and the related microstructure, an elaborated inter-pass annealing treatment was executed employing a range of inter-pass annealing time (2–500 s). The results show that the progress of MDRX leads to an increase in the flow stress as well as the rate of work hardening encountered in the subsequent deformation. Additionally, the microstructural examinations confirm that the observed hardening phenomenon is a consequence of grain growth evolved from MDRX and its direct effect on the onset of dynamic recrystallization at the second stage of deformation.     

Dynamic and metadynamic recrystallization of Hastelloy X superalloy

Hot compression tests in the temperature range of 900–1150 °C and strain rates varying between 0.001 and 0.5 s⁻¹ were performed on Hastelloy X superalloy in order to investigate the kinetics of hot deformation. An Arrhenius-type equation was used to characterize the dependence of the flow stress on deformation temperature and strain rate. The results showed that dynamic recrystallization (DRX) as well as metadynamic recrystallization (MDRX) occurred during hot working. A novel technique has been developed for calculating the DRX kinetics parameters on the basis of the Johnson-Mehl-Avrami-Kolmogorov (JMAK) and isothermal transformation rate equations. The variation of grain size in the DRX and MDRX regimes correlated with the standard Zener–Hollomon parameter.     

Hot rolling simulations of austenitic stainless steel

The dynamic, static and metadynamic recrystallization behavior of austenitic stainless steel during hot rolling was analyzed. In this approach, each of those recrystallization behaviors is described by appropriate kinetics equations. The critical strain for dynamic recrystallization was determined so that a distinction could be made between static and metadynamic recrystallization; then the amounts of strain accumulation compared with the critical strain each pass. The effects of grain size on the fraction recrystallized and of the latter on the flow stress were evaluated for each type recrystallization behavior. In this way, the dependence of the mean flow stress (MFS) on temperature could be analyzed in terms of the extent and nature of the prior or concurrent recrystallization mechanisms. Finally, an example is given of an industrial process in which DRX/MDRX can play an important role. More grain refinement can be achieved by increasing the strain rate, decreasing the interruption time and lowering the temperature of deformation.     

Metadynamic recrystallization of 300M steel after isothermal compression

Isothermal compression tests of 300M steel were performed on a Gleeble-1500 thermo-mechanical simulator at deformation temperatures ranging from 1173 to 1373 K, strain rates ranging from 0.1 to 5.0 s^?1, and a strain of 0.69. Metadynamic recrystallization and grain growth after complete metadynamic recrystallization were investigated by isothermal compression with different inter-pass times. It was found that the inter-pass time, deformation temperature and strain rate markedly affected the austenite grains size of metadynamic recrystallization. The austenite grain size model and grain growth model of metadynamic recrystallization were determined based on the results of quantitative grain size. A good agreement between the predicted and measured austenite grain size and grain growth of metadynamic recrystallization was obtained, and the present models were effective to predict the austenite grain size and grain growth of metadynamic recrystallization in the isothermal compression of 300M steel.     

Prediction of metadynamic softening in a multi-pass hot deformed low alloy steel using artificial neural network

The metadynamic softening behaviors in 42CrMo steel were investigated by isothermal interrupted hot compression tests. Based on the experimental results, an efficient artificial neural network (ANN) model was developed to predict the flow stress and metadynamic softening fractions. The effects of deformation parameters on metadynamic softening behaviors in the hot deformed 42CrMo steel have been investigated by the experimental and predicted results from the developed ANN model. Results show that the effects of deformation parameters, such as strain rate and deformation temperature, on the softening fractions of metadynamic recrystallization are significant. However, the strain (beyond the peak strain) has little influence. A very good correlation between experimental and predicted results indicates that the excellent capability of the developed ANN model to predict the flow stress level and metadynamic softening, the metadynamic recrystallization behaviors were well evidenced.     

Dynamic recrystallization behavior of Ti–5Al–5Mo–5V–1Cr–1Fe alloy

Dynamic recrystallization process was considered as an important method to fabricate titanium workpieces with desired properties. The objective of this study was to investigate dynamic recrystallization behavior of Ti–5Al–5Mo–5V–1Cr–1Fe alloy through isothermal compression experiments. The volume fraction of dynamic recrystallization was quantified with the net softening effect by dynamic recrystallization (DRX). The saturated stress during hot deformation process was analyzed based on dislocation evolution influenced by working-hardening and dynamic recovery. The linear relationship between the saturated stress and peak stress has been obtained. The dependence of DRX process on deformation parameters has been discussed in detail and a model based on Avrami kinetics has been proposed to track DRX process with strain. A constitutive model incorporating DRX process has been proposed to describe the flow curves at large strains.     

一定条件下Al-Mg-Si-Ti合金动态再结晶的临界应变研究

在变形温度为350~510℃、应变速率为0.001~10s-1条件下,在Gleeble-3500热模拟实验机上对AlMg-Si-Ti合金进行等温热压缩实验,以实验所得数据为基础,结合变形微观组织,确定了Al-Mg-Si-Ti合金热变形时发生动态再结晶的条件,建立了Al-Mg-Si-Ti合金动态再结晶峰值应变模型。采用加工硬化率的方法,利用lnθ-ε曲线的拐点特征和-(lnθ)/ε-ε曲线的极小值判据对再结晶峰值应变与临界应变关系进行了研究。结果表明:AlMg-Si-Ti合金热变形时在变形温度430~510℃、应变速率0.001~0.1s-1发生动态再结晶。Al-Mg-Si-Ti合金发生动态再结晶时的临界应变随应变速率的增大而增加,随变形温度的升高而降低。临界应变与峰值应变满足关系:εc=0.88εp。     

Mn18Cr18N护环钢静态再结晶组织及模型

在Gleeble-1500D热模拟机上,采用双道次热压缩试验研究Mn18Cr18N护环钢高温变形后不同停留时间内的静态软化行为,分析热变形温度、应变速率、变形程度以及初始奥氏体晶粒对静态再结晶行为的影响.通过应力补偿法计算静态再结晶软化率,并结合金相组织作了修正.建立其静态再结晶动力学模型,获得静态再结晶激活能249.3 k J/mol.研究表明:Mn18Cr18N钢静态再结晶软化曲线呈"S"形,符合Avrami方程.静态再结晶体积分数随着停留时间延长而增加,热变形温度越高,静态再结晶分数越大,而在较低温度和较小变形程度时,孕育时间较长,主要发生静态回复,将静态再结晶动力学模型的预测结果与实测值进行比较,二者吻合较好,为护环钢后续热镦粗工艺模拟提供更为详尽的模型.     

Effects of holding time and Zener-Hollomon parameters on deformation behavior of cast Mg-8Gd-3Y alloy during double-pass hot compression

Double-pass hot compression tests were carried out over a wide range of holding time (0–180?s) and Zener-Hollomon parameter (1.6E15–1.3E20) to study the deformation behavior of cast Mg-8Gd-3Y alloy. The flow curves show obvious work hardening and strain softening stages, leading to the peak stress of double-pass hot compression. Holding time and Zener-Hollomon parameter can significantly affect the second pass peak stress. It is found that increasing the holding time can cause a higher peak stress in the second pass deformation. The second pass stress reaches the peak stress of 71?MPa at Zener-Hollomom parameter of 1.6E15. When the parameter rises to 1.3E20, the second pass peak goes up to 237?MPa. In addition, the second pass peak stress is significantly higher than the unloading stress, which is opposite to the flow behavior of aluminum alloys. Residual stored deformation energy caused by the first pass deformation could be consumed by metadynamic recrystallization. Therefore, more strain energy is required for subsequent dynamic recrystallization, resulting in hardening behavior. A hardening fraction is defined to describe the deformation behavior quantitatively, which shows a positive correlation with the metadynamic recrystallization fraction. The metadynamic recrystallization leads to grain growth at the inter pass holding stage, diminishing dynamic recrystallization nucleation positions in the second pass deformation.     

Dynamic and Postdynamic Recrystallization Behavior of GWZ Magnesium Alloy Under Double-Hit Hot Compression

Herein, dynamic and postdynamic recrystallization behaviors of GWZ magnesium are investigated. Toward this end, the single-hit and double-hit hot compression tests are conducted under strain rate of 0.001 s⁻¹ at 400 °C. The prestrains of 0.1 and 0.5 are considered to investigate the effect of interpass time (5–300 s) on the compressive strength level. At the low strain level of 0.1, the contribution of Hall–Petch effect is considerable due to the occurrence of static recrystallization. In addition, the rare earth texture component is eliminated during interpass annealing. This causes increasing the strength of the material during second pass of hot compression. In contrast, at higher imposed strain, the strength level decreases with increasing the interpass time of annealing. The high amount of strain is completely consumed and the remaining stored energy is not high enough to trigger the occurrence of static recrystallization. The occurrence of metadynamic recrystallization and subsequent growth are characterized. In addition, the texture does not change in respect of the intensity or numbers/types of components. Accordingly, the observed decreasing trend of the strength is justified relying on the occurrence grain growth.     

Finite element modelling on microstructure evolution during multi-pass hot compression for AZ31 alloys using incremental method

Based on the principle of piecewise linearization, the incremental forms of microstructure evolution models were integrated into the thermo-mechanical coupled finite element(FE) model to simulate nonlinear microstructure evolution during multi-pass hot deformation. This is an unsteady-state deformation where dynamic recrystallization(DRX), meta-dynamic recrystallization(MDRX), static recrystallization(SRX) and grain growth(GG) take place during hot deformation or deformation interval. The distributions of deformation and microstructure for cylindrical AZ31 sample during single-pass and double-pass hot compressions were quantitatively calculated and compared with the metallographic observation. It is shown that both the deformation and microstructure are non-uniformly distributed due to the presence of friction between the die and the flat end of sample. The average grain size and its standard deviation under the double-pass hot compression are slightly smaller than those under single-pass compression.The simulated average grain sizes agree well with the experiments, which validates that the developed FE model on the basis of incremental forms of microstructure evolution models is reasonable.     

Hot Deformation Behavior of an As—cast Duplex Stainless Steel

The hot deformation behavior of an as-cast 0Crl7Mnl4Mo2N duplex stainless steel has been studied by hot com-pression test at the temperature range from 1000℃ to 1200℃, and the strain rates are 0.1 s^-1, 1 s^-1 and 5 s^-1,respectively. It was found that during hot deformation there is only dynamic recovery taking place within the δ-ferrite phase, but the γ-austenite phase undergoes dynamic recrystallization. The activation energy of the steel for hot compression is estimated to be 480 kJ/mol.     

Deformation behavior and microstructure evolution in multistage hot working of TA15 titanium alloy: on the role of recrystallization

Interrupted compression tests of TA15 titanium alloy with initially equiaxed microstructure were carried out at deformation temperatures between 1173 to 1273 K and strain rates between 0.001 to 0.1 s⁻¹ to investigate the deformation behavior and microstructure evolution under multistage deformation. The TA15 alloy exhibits significant flow softening in both β and (α + β) working. It is found that the flow softening relates to dynamic recrystallization of β phases under current experimental conditions. In multistage β working, metadynamic recrystallization is the main softening mechanism during inter-pass holding. The grain refinement by metadynamic recrystallization leads to the decrease in peak stress upon reloading. In multistage (α + β) working, static recrystallization is the main softening mechanism during inter-pass holding. The static recrystallization kinetics increases with temperature and strain rate. The inter-pass holding has little influence on the morphology of the primary α phases. The β grain size is determined by spacing of primary α phases, which is more affected by working temperature but less dependent on strain rate and inter-pass holding time.     

Recrystallization of 30Cr2Ni4MoV ultra-super-critical rotor steel during hot deformation. Part I: Dynamic recrystallization

This paper presents an investigation that characterizes the evolution of the dynamically recrystallized structure of 30Cr2Ni4MoV ultra-super-critical rotor steel during hot deformation, as a starting point for studies of the static recrystallization (SRX) and the metadynamic recrystallization (MDRX) behaviors, by hot compression tests which are performed at the temperatures from 1243 K to 1543 K and strain rates from 0.001 s⁻¹ to 0.1 s⁻¹ on Gleeble-3500 thermo-mechanical simulator, and the corresponding flow curves are obtained. A third-order polynomial is then fitted to the work hardening region of each curve. The critical stress for initiation of dynamic recrystallization (DRX) can be calculated by setting the second derivative of the third order polynomial. By regression analysis, the activation energy in whole range of deformation temperature is determined to be Q = 368.45 kJ/mol. The complete DRX grain size (D_drx) of the test steel is a function of Zener-Hollomon parameter (Z) and is independent of the true strain. The relationship of D_drx and Z is found to be described in a form of power law function with an exponent of −0.24.     

Metadynamic recrystallization in C steels

Metadynamic recrystallization has been investigated in three plain carbon steels (ENIA, EN2 and EN24) through the use of hot interrupted compression tests on a wedge plastometer. Holding time was 0.5 s between passes. Strain rates of 0.05 and 0.12/s and small strain increments of 3, 5 and 7% were employed. Test temperatures were varied between 800 and 1100°C. Various incremental and continuous stress strain curves were highlighted at different temperatures and strain rates for 3 steels, ENIA, EN2 and EN24, resulting in varying flow stresses and strains. Highest peak stress was 180 MPa for EN24 at peak strain of 0.25 and 900°C, with a strain rate 0.12/s. Peak strain values for all steels at 1100°C was 0.133 at a strain rate of 0.05/s and 0.15 at a strain rate of 0.12/s. Strain accumulation resulted in dynamic and metadynamic recrystallization with refinement to about 15 μm for dynamic and 22 μm for metadynamic recrystallization. Fractional softening,X, decreased from 0.27 to 0.12 as recrystallization times in metadynamic recrystallization increased from 0.9 s to 1.5 s at 1100°C. Time for 50% metadynamic recrystallization was also reduced as temperature increased. For ENIA, a drop from 10000 s to 20 s, as temperature increased from 800 to 1100°C was observed. For EN24 and EN2 steels, a drop from 4000 s to 6 s for similar temperature rise was observed. Metadynamic recrystallization (at strains higher than critical strain) is observed to be a strong function of strain rate and a very weak function of temperature and strain. It significantly refined the austenite grain size prior to transformation.     

新型铝奥氏体耐热合金的高温塑性变形行为和热力工性能

新型含铝奥氏体耐热合金(AFA)进行压缩热模拟试验,使用OM和EBSD等手段研究了这种合金在950~1150℃和0.01~5 s^-1条件下的微观组织演变、建立了基于动态材料模型热加工图、分析了变形参数对合金加工性能的影响并按照不同区域组织变形的特征构建了合金的热变形机理图。结果表明：新型AFA合金的高温流变应力受到变形温度和应变速率的显著影响。在变形温度为950~1150℃和应变速率为0.18~10 s^-1条件下,这种合金易发生流变失稳。在变形温度为1050~1120℃、应变速率0.01~0.1 s^-1和变形温度1120~1150℃、应变速率10^-0.5~10^-1.5 s^-1这两个区间,这种合金发生完全动态再结晶行为且其再结晶晶粒均匀细小,功率耗散因子η达到峰值45%。新型AFA合金的热加工艺,应该优先选择再结晶区域。     

超高强度Ti微合金复相钢再结晶行为研究

本文采用单道次和双道次压缩实验研究超高强度微合金Ti复相钢（CP钢）在变形温度为800～1150℃,应变速率为0.1～10 s-1条件下的再结晶行为,观察了各种变形条件下的对再结晶行为的影响.研究发现,高的钛含量明显提高了动态再结晶和静态再结晶的激活能.通过扫描电镜发现,细小氮化钛和碳化钛分布在奥氏体基体及晶界处,其颗...     

Metadynamic recrystallization of austenitic stainless steel

Interrupted torsion tests were performed in the temperature range of 900–1100°C, strain rate range of 5.0 × 10^–2–5.0 × 10⁰/sec and interpass time range of 0.5–100 seconds to study the characteristics of metadynamic recrystallization (MDRX) for austenitic stainless steel. To compare the MDRX with static recrystallization (SRX), the pass strain was applied above the critical strain (_c) (_c = 2.2 × 10^–3 D^1/2 ₀ Z ^0.089, where Z is Zener-Hollomon parameter, Z = exp((380000 J/mol)/RT) and D ₀ is as-received grain size) to obtain the MDRX during interpass time. It was found that the kinetics of MDRX were dependent of the strain rate and deformation temperature but were nearly independent of the change in pass strain after the peak strain. The time for 50% metadynamic softening, t ₅₀, was determined as follows: t ₅₀ = 1.33 × 10^{–11 –0.41} D ₀ exp((230000 J/mol)/RT) and this calculated value was consistent with the measured value. The Zener-Hollomon parameter was impossible to evaluate the MDRX fraction, because the fractional softening values were different at the same Z values. The new parameter (MDRX parameter) considering deformation temperature, strain rate and interpass time was proposed to evaluate the MDRX fraction. The MDRX-parameter was determined as 3.25 × 10^{–19 0.3} t _i ^0.6 T ¹².     

Analysis of work hardening and recrystallization during the hot working of steel using a statistically based internal variable model

A mathematical model has been developed which describes the hot deformation and recrystallization behavior of austenite using a single internal variable: dislocation density. The dislocation density is incorporated into equations describing the rate of recovery and recrystallization. In each case no distinction is made between static and dynamic events, and the model is able to simulate multideformation processes. The model is statistically based and tracks individual populations of the dislocation density during the work-hardening and softening phases. After tuning using available data the model gave an accurate prediction of the stress–strain behavior and the static recrystallization kinetics for C–Mn steels. The model correctly predicted the sensitivity of the post deformation recrystallization behavior to process variables such as strain, strain rate and temperature, even though data for this were not explicitly incorporated in the tuning data set. In particular, the post dynamic recrystallization (generally termed metadynamic recrystallization) was shown to be largely independent of strain and temperature, but a strong function of strain rate, as observed in published experimental work.     

Mg-8.08Gd-2.41Sm-0.3Zr合金热压缩变形及热加工图

利用铸造法制备了Mg-8.08Gd-2.41Sm-0.3Zr合金,对该合金进行均匀化处理,然后进行热压缩实验,研究了Mg-8.08Gd-2.41Sm-0.3Zr合金在变形温度为350~500℃、应变速率为0.002s~(-1)、0.01s~(-1)、0.1s~(-1)和1s~(-1)及最大变形量为50%条件下的变形行为,计算了该合金的热变形激活能,构建了合金高温塑性变形的本构关系,建立了合金的热加工图。结果表明:Mg-8.08Gd-2.41Sm-0.3Zr合金的流变应力随着变形温度的升高或者应变速率的降低而显著降低,合金发生动态回复与再结晶,其热变形激活能为Q=213.693kJ/mol;合金高温变形时存在两个失稳区:T=430~500℃、ε=0.37~1s~(-1)以及T=350~390℃、ε=0.006~1s~(-1);合金的能量耗散率大于30%的区域有T=370~430℃、ε=0.37~1s~(-1),T=390~500℃、ε=0.006~0.37s~(-1)以及T=350~500℃、ε=0.002~0.006s~(-1),这些区域适合进行热加工。